Posts Tagged ‘spirituality’
The Almighty, The Prodigal Son and Two Cats: Part One
I like dogs and I have many friends who love their dogs. But it was a feline, not a canine, that God would use to soften my hardened heart. A life wandering in darkness; a life without Love.
Read MoreCh-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes: Learning to Trust in God Alone
Full of repentance and humility; thankfulness and gratitude; peace and love; I fully surrendered myself to God. To live a new life. A life of love that tries to honor God and all people, including people resistant to God’s unconditional love and unyielding grace like I once was.
Read MoreFaith Engages Head & Heart: Watching The Chosen
Recently, my friend Jess recommended the TV series The Chosen. An adaptation and depiction of the life of Jesus based on the Gospels. A program I would have ridiculed in my past life. Not only because of my non-existent belief in God, but because my heart was closed to feeling anything outside of itself.
Read MoreHollywood Nights: Seduced by Beauty; Enslaved by Desire
I have always considered myself to be a sensitive person. While other boys found pleasure in athletics and action hero’s, I found pleasure in the arts. My youth spent appreciating and learning about all the beauty that other humans have created. A smorgasbord for my senses.
Read MoreThe Cowardly Church of America and the Spiritual Evil That Has Infected Our Ruling Class
O America, America, the nation that kills millions and steals from the struggling! How often would I have gathered your children together as a parent gathers their child under a canopy of life and love, and you were not willing! This is a heavy-hearted story. A critique of the Establishment; political and religious. Leaders who…
Read MoreThe Heart I Hid and The Stuff I Saved
I spent my entire teenage years pretending to be someone I wasn’t because I didn’t want to lose my reputation and my place in the world.
Read MoreDoubt and Faith and Doubt
While I deeply believe that God will provide, living my faith has been unsettling.
Read MoreSpirituality Isn’t Love
Spirituality adrift we wander in darkness. Searching for fulfillment in a world that aggressively suppresses the Divine. Squeezing our souls and draining us of our humanity. Like pressed fruit, we find ourselves empty, exhausted and exploited.
Read MoreMaterialism And Spirituality
Nothing seems to scare the modern world more than the idea that materialism is a flawed world view. A false god. A meaningless metaphysics. Not only is it flawed but it’s wreaking havoc on humanity and our home. The last century littered with examples of unprecedented global destruction and death. Our new century an ongoing…
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